Nicobar Islands
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are a group of nearly 600 islands in the Bay of Bengal. Although part of India politically, they are closer to Indonesia and Myanmar than to the Indian mainland.- Type: Island
- Description: island group in the Indian Ocean
- Also known as: “Frederik Oerne eilanden”, “Frederikseilanden”, “Frederiksoerne”, “Frederiksøerne”, “Iles Nicobar”, “Ilhas de Nicobar”, “Isole Nicobare”, “Kepulauan Nicobar”, “Micobar Islands”, “Nakkavār”, “Nicobareilanden”, “Nicobarid”, “Nicobarøyene”, “Nicobars”, “Nikobar”, “Nikobarerne”, “Nikobarøyane”, “Nikobarské ostrovy”, “Никобарска острва”, “Никобары”, “Нікабарскія выспы”, “निकोबार”, “निकोबार द्विपसमूह”, “நிகோபார் தீவுகள்”, “நிக்கோபார் தீவு”, “니꼬바르 제도”, “니꼬바르제도”, and “ニコバール諸島”
Nicobar Islands
- Categories: island group, WWF ecoregion, and landform
- Location: Nicobars, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
8° north
Longitude
93.5° or 93° 30′ east
Elevation
41 metres (135 feet)
Open location code
6MWM2G22+22
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Wu Chinese—“Nicobar Islands” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Pulo-pulo Nikobar”
- Afrikaans: “Nicobar-eilande”
- Arabic: “جزر نيكوبار”
- Armenian: “Նիկոբարյան կղզիներ”
- Assamese: “নিকোবৰ দ্বীপপুঞ্জ”
- Azerbaijani: “Nikobar adaları”
- Basque: “Nicobar uharteak”
- Basque: “Nikobar uharteak”
- Belarusian: “Нікабарскія астравы”
- Bengali: “নিকোবর দ্বীপপুঞ্জ”
- Breton: “Inizi Nikobar”
- Bulgarian: “Никобарски острови”
- Burmese: “နီကိုဗာကျွန်းစု”
- Catalan: “Nicobar”
- Cebuano: “Nicobar Islands”
- Chinese: “尼科巴群岛”
- Chinese: “尼科巴群島”
- Czech: “Nikobary”
- Danish: “Nicobarerne”
- Dutch: “Nicobar Islands”
- Dutch: “Nicobaren”
- Esperanto: “Nikobaroj”
- Estonian: “Nicobari saared”
- Finnish: “Nikobaarit”
- French: “îles Nicobar”
- French: “Îles Nicobar”
- Galician: “Illas Nicobar”
- Georgian: “ნიკობარის კუნძულები”
- German: “Nikobaren”
- Gujarati: “નિકોબાર ટાપુઓ”
- Hindi: “निकोबार द्वीपसमूह”
- Indonesian: “Kepulauan Nikobar”
- Italian: “Nicobare”
- Japanese: “ニコバル諸島”
- Kirghiz: “Никобар аралдары”
- Korean: “니코바르 제도”
- Latvian: “Nikobaru salas”
- Lithuanian: “Nikobarų salos”
- Macedonian: “Никобарски Острови”
- Magahi: “निकोबार द्वीपसमूह”
- Malagasy: “Nikobara (nosy)”
- Malagasy: “Nikobara”
- Malay: “Kepulauan Nakkavaram”
- Malayalam: “നിക്കോബാർ ദ്വീപുകൾ”
- Marathi: “निकोबार द्वीपसमूह”
- Mingrelian: “ნიკობარიშ კოკეფი”
- Mongolian: “Никобарын арлууд”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nikobarene”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nikobarane”
- Norwegian: “Nikobarene”
- Panjabi: “ਨਿਕੋਬਾਰ ਟਾਪੂ”
- Papiamento: “Islanan Nicobar”
- Persian: “جزایر نیکوبار”
- Polish: “Nikobary”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas Nicobar”
- Russian: “Никобарские острова”
- Scots: “Nicobar Islands”
- Serbian: “Nikobari”
- Serbian: “Никобари”
- Silesian: “Ńikobary”
- Sindhi: “نڪوبار ٻيٽ”
- Slovak: “Nikobary”
- Spanish: “Islas Nicobar”
- Swedish: “Nicobar Islands”
- Swedish: “Nikobarerna”
- Tamil: “நிக்கோபார் தீவுகள்”
- Telugu: “నికోబార్ దీవులు”
- Thai: “หมู่เกาะนิโคบาร์”
- Turkish: “Nicobar Adaları”
- Ukrainian: “Нікобарські острови”
- Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Nicobar”
- Waray (Philippines): “Purô Nicobar”
- Wu Chinese: “尼科巴群岛”
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Highlights: Nancowry Island and Revello Channel.
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